Carrying and shipping case



L. W. MECKSTROTH CARRYING AND SHIPPING CASE May 2%, 11923.

Filedjune 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 29, 1 923.

L. W. MECKSTROTH CARRYING AND SHIPPING CASE FileduJune 5. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 may be conveniently LOUIS w. rancirsrnorn, or c warren ooirransz,

CARRYING AND App1ication filed. June 3,

7. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, hours it. Mnonsrno'rrr, a citizen of the United States. at Chicago, in the county of ook and State 0t Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarryino' and Shipping, Cases, oi? which. the following!" is a speciiication.

This invention relates to containers for holding articles during shipment and other purposes, and is especially applicable to shipment of typewriters and like devices.

The invention has for its object the provision of a container oi the class named which shall be oi? improved construction and operation.

The invention is exemplified in the combination and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification, and it is more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevationot one form of the present invention with parts broken y i Fig. 2 is a top plan viewot shown in Fig. 1 with the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the container with the front wall removed; and

Figs. a and 5 are perspective views of holding bars for securing the article to be shipped in place in the container.

In the transportation of typewriters and like devices which have parts that must be protected during shipment it is desirableto provide a shipping case in which the dev ce packed and from which it may be readily removed and-- which will hold the device securely and safely without the necessity of disassemblingthe parts. It is also desirable to have the typewriter suffciently cushioned within the container that the jars incident to shipping: will not injure any of the parts Of the machine. The various requirements of such a-shipping case are satisfied in a construction made according to thepresent invention and yet such a casemay be manufactured economically and used for many different shipments if desired.

In the drawings, a container is repre sented having ajbase'or bottom member 10, front and rear members 11 and 12, respectively, and end members 18. The bottom member is perforated, as shown 2.1114,

the container HIOAGO. ILLINOIS, ASSIGIQ'GB G1 'WQQDSTOCK, ILLINOIS, A CORPGRATION OF ILLINOIS.

.wardly lhtttfieit TO W'QODSTOCK TYPE- SHIPPING CASE.

1921. Serial No. $74,612.

and toot sockets 15 are seated in the perforations. These foot sockets, as shown in the drawings, are cup-shaped and have outflaring sides and the upper edges of the sides extend in horizontal. flanges 17 which rest on the edges of the perforations 14; and support the sockets in the perforations. The flanges 17 may be provided with extended fingers 18 having downwardly bent points 19 which are driven into the upper face of the base member 10 and hold the sockets in p ace. Strips 20 are secured to the base member 10 and may be arranged to rest upon the ends of the fingers 18 and assist in holding! the sockets 15 in position. One socket member is provided for each of the typewriter test 21 so that the typewriter is located in position in the container by the feet supported in the sockets. The feet 21 are commonly made of resilient material, such as india rubber, and it will be seen that when these feet are placed in the sockets 15 the typewriter will be resiliently sup ported not only against downward movement, but against lateral movementv in all directions. The ends of the feet fit closely in the bottom portions of the sockets, but the flaring: walls permit a certain amount of lateral play of the typewriter controlled by the resiliency oi": the feet 21. Thus the socket members cooperating with the feet provide a cushioned support for the typewriter against movement in all direction except upwardly. To hold the typewriter against upward movement a pair of retaining strips or bars 22 and 28 are provided. The rear retaining strip 22 slidably fits between cleats 24 and stops 25 spaced from oneanother to form a slideway for the retaining cleat. fThestops 25 may be of various constructions the ones shown in the drawings coin-prising staples secured to the side members 13 on the inner sides of the container. The cleats24 serve the double purpose of strengthening the corners of the box and acting asguides for the retaining. strip 22.. Buffers 26 are secured to thelo wer edge of the retainer strip 22 and are made of resilient material which may be brought to bear upon the upper face of the typewriter frame to provide resilient pressure downwardly on the frame without scratching or otherwise injuring thesurface. These buffers may comprise a layer of rubber covered by a layer of felt and this combination provides both resiliency and protection for the surface of the typewriter. The strip 23 preferably does not bear directly on the upper face of the typewriter frame, but is provided with offset blocks 27 which proiect over the frame. The blocks 27 are provided with buffers 28 similar to the buffers tion to retainthe feet 21 .26 and the lateral face of the lower edge of I also be provided with buffers 29 which are positioned adjacent the the strip 23 may front edge of the upper portion of thetypewriter frame.

- It is not necessary that the buffers 29 bear directly against the frame as the typewriter is held against forward andrearward movement by the feet 21 "n the sockets 15. These movement by a clamp or other device commonlyused for this purpose, such as shown in Patent No. 1,266,860, granted May 21, 1918, andthen the entire typewriteris set in the crate with the feet resting in the sockets. The retainingloars 22 and 28 are then slid into position and the lid or cover '84 is screwed or otherwise secured in position. The lower face of the cleats 85 on the cover 34 will engage theupper edges of the strips 22 and 23 and will hold the strips in posiin their sockets and prevent tipping and upward movement of the typewriter. lVhen the cover has been secured in placetlie typewriter will be given a kindlof floating support and the principal cushioning effect will be produced by the feet 21. To remove the only necessary to take offthe lid of theboX, lift out t'heholdingstrips 22 and 23,.and then lift the typewriter from clamps for the. carriage are then removed and thetypewriteris ready'for use. To pre vent loss of the strips'22 H and 23 flexible cords or securing devices 36. may have one end attachedto the box and the other end attached to the holding strips.

In practice a crate made according to the embodimentof the invention shown in the drawings has proven most convenient and effic ent.

1.= A cor tainerfor a device with resilient supporting feet, hayingsockets for receiving said feet, said sockets being provided with supports. upon which said feet may rest for sockets.

the-typewriter and a strip 31 shaped typewriter it is y the box. The

supporting said'device in said container on said feet so that said feet form a cushion for said device in said container.

2. A container for typewriters and similar devices having resilient feet,-said container having sockets therein provided with supportingbottoms arranged to receive said i feet with the weight of a typewriter resting on said feet, and means for retaining said typewriter in position with its feet in sald 3. A. container for typewriters having tapered sockets in the bottom thereof for receiving the feet of atypewriter, the bottom portions of said. sockets being arranged to substantially fit the lower ends of the typewriter feet while the'upper portions of said sockets are flared outwardly to permit latera-l resilient movement of said typewriter on said feet.

4. A container perforation in the bottom thereof, and'a cup-shaped member fitted in said perforation for receiving and supporting one of the feet of typewriter. i

5. A container for typewriters having a perforation in the bottom thereon, .a cup socket member having outwardly flared walls fitted in said perforation, and a flange for supporting said socket member in said perforation.

6. A container for typewriters havinga plurality pf perforations .in the bottom. thereof spaced to register with the supporting feet of a typewriter, socket members for typewriters having. a

having outwardly flared walls arranged in said perforations for receiving said supporting feet, said socket members beingarranged to closely the bottom ends of said feet while leaving'space for lateral movement of the upper portions of said feet, and means for engaging said typewriter to resiliently hold-said feet in said socket members. i

7. A container for typewriters having resilient supporting feet, comprising means for holding the lower ion atypewriter against movement in lat-- er-al directions. Y 1 8. A container fortypewriters having reportions of said feet stationary while permitting "lateral movement of the upper portions thereof to cushsilient supporting feet, comprising means for securing the lower portions of said feet. against lateral movement, and resilient means for holding the typewriter against upward movement, said typewriter being free to move laterally a limited cept for the restraining action of-said feet.

9. A container for typewriters having resilient feet, comprising socket members for holding the lower portions of said feet against lateral movement and for .sustainmeans for engaging said typewriter forre+ silientlyholding said feet in said; socket amount exing the weight of a typewriter on saidfeet,

members, and cushioned members for lim iting the lateral movement of said typewriter.

10. A container for typewriters having resilient supporting feet, said socket members having supports on which said feet rest, comprising socket members for receiving said feet, a lid for said container, and means cooperating with said lid and bearing on said typewriter to retain said feet in said socket members.

11. A container for typewriters having resilient supporting feet, socket members formed in the bottom of said container for receiving said feet, retaining means removably positioned'in said container for engaging a typewriter to hold said typewriter in place with its feet in said socket members, and a lid for said container cooperating with said retaining means to hold such retaining means in place.

12. A container for typewriters, having tapered sockets in the bottom thereof for receiving the feet of a typewriter and supporting said typewriter above the bottom of said container, retaining strips having cushioning members thereon for engaging the upper portion of'said typewriter to hold said typewriter in position with the feet thereof in said socket members, guides for holding said retaining members in position and for permitting said retaining members to be removed from holding position, and a lid for said container arranged to engage said retaining members and to press said retaining members against said typewriter when said lid is secured in place on said container.

13. A container for typewriters having a retaining member for securing a typewriter in place in said container, and guides for said retaining member, one of said guides comprising a staple driven into the side of said socket members, and

resilient supporting tending from said retaining member and overhanging an upper face of said typewriter, said lug having a cushioning member on the lower surface thereof for engaging said typewriter.

container for typewriters having resilient supporting feet, said container having perforations in the bottom thereof, cup-shaped sheet metal socket members arranged in said perforations and having flanges extending laterally for supporting a strip secured bottom of said top of a portion in holding said to the upper faceof the container and arranged on of said flanges to assist socket members in position.

16. A container for typewriters having feet, comprising a bottom member having perforations therein, tapered socket members in said perforations for receiving the typewriter feet, retaining cleats slidably mounted between the sides of said container for engaging the upper portion of a typewriter and holding said typewriter with the feet thereof in said socket members, and a lid for said container arranged to engage said cleats and hold said cleats in contact with said typewriter on said container.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification on this 1st day of June, A. D. 1921.

LOUIS W. MECKSTROTH. 

